Improvement in cracker-boxes



CHARLES F. TH-U RSTON.

Improvement in Cracker Boxes. No. 124,459, U PatentedMarch12,187 2.-

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CHARLES F. THURSTON, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRACKER-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,459, dated March12, 1872.

To all to whom these presents may come:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. THURsToN, of Cambridge-port, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented anImproved Caddy or Box for Holding Crackers, &c.; and do hereby declarethe same to be fully described in the following specification andrepresented in the accompanying drawing, which denotes a perspectiveview of a caddy or box as constructed in accordance with my invention.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and effectiveanti-absorbent caddy or box for preserving crackers, wafers, and otherarticles of pastry or confections in their normal condition.

It is a well-known fact that it is impossible to keep crackers andvarious other kindred edible matters containing any considerable amountof shortening-butter, lard, or other oleaginous or fatty matter-for anygreat length of time in a vessel composed of an absorbent material; andconsequently the better quality of such articles are packed and kept intin boxes.

To furnish a cheap and reliable substitute for such boxes is the designof my improvement. My invention completely obviates this difficulty, andpreserves the articles in their fresh normal state; and my inventionconsists in an improved manufacture of caddyviz., of pasteboard orcard-board, having one of its surfaces veneered with tin-foil, suchveneered surface covering the entire inner surfaces of the caddy orbox.V

In carrying out my invention, I take sheets of pastcboard or card-board,of any desirable been effected, I next stamp out or cut the bottom, top,and sides of the caddy by means of suitably-shaped dies. The parts arethen put together in the ordinary manner that paper boxes are made, eachpart forming an inner surface havingametallic facing.

"In the said drawing, A denotes the body of the caddy, which is of arectangular shape, but may have any other desired form. B is the coverthereof, the said parts being connected by means of a paper hinge. a isthe metallic veneering.

From the above it will be seen that I produce a simple, cheap, andeffective box for the purpose designed-one which can be afforded at amuch cheaper rate than one made of tin, while at the same time itpreserves the normal condition of the articles inclosed with equaleffect.

I am aware that wooden boxes for containing lard have had a coating oftin-foil'applied to their exterior surfaces, while the wood itself hasbeen impregnated with an anti-absorbent solution. I am also aware thattea-chests have been made of wood and combined with an interior casingof lead separate and independent therefrom; neither of which I claim.Nor do I claim the invention as described and shown in Letters Patentgranted to Chas. L. Tucker on May 2, 1871, as my invention differstherefrom.

Having described my invention, what I claim as an improved article ofmanufacture, is

A caddy or box formed of metal-surfaced paper or pasteboard, in manneras shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES F. THURSTON.

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